IDEA: IMAP filtering.

[evil_jc]

Anyone able to create a simple IMAP filter app that sits on the taskbar and monitors IMAP users.

Structure of IMAP folder:

USER BOB.

INBOX
Sent
Drafts
---->Spam (user created folder)
---->Keep (user created folder)

Idea is create a filter client that will monitor multiple users (BOB etc) and will move mail to folders based on rules..
Filter on To / CC / From / Subject / Header

EG: 
user BOB - If Subject contains "[**SPAM**]" then move to BOB/SPAM
user BOB - If Header contains "[xxxxxx]" then move to BOB/KEEP

That sort of idea !!

Anyone ??

[f0dder]

IMHO this is better implemented either server-side, or with rules in each user's mail client. Solutions already exist for both. Doing continuous client-side polling & filtering wastes bandwidth and CPU cycles.

But it's doable, and if you don't have control of server or user client software, it might be the only option, I guess.

[evil_jc]

I agree this would be best done on the server...
The mail server doesn't support it and doing it via a webmail client is messy.

Would it be a lot of work to create this, to sit on a Windows Server polling the local mail server !! ??

Thanks

JC

[f0dder]

And it's impossible to change the server software?

I'm not sure how much work it would be to whip something together - there's already existing IMAP libraries one can use, and depending on the level of filtering you need that could be a pretty simple job... since it's supposed to run on a windows server, somebody could probably slap together some C# components to do the task pretty quickly.

[evil_jc]

Cheers..

Anyone fancy a go at this ??